Chemical & Engineering News: Science & Technology - Globalization Of Science Rolls On - 0 views
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Growth of scientific literature remains strong, while the world of science continues to flatten
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Growth in the number of U.S. papers was a more modest 33,000, or 19%, from 178,000 in 1988 to 211,000 in 2003. From 1991 to 2002, there was no sustained growth. Annual totals held at between 194,000 and 203,000 and were at 196,000 for 2002. The 2003 total moved up to 211,000 for the biggest annual gain in many years.
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The data on the papers in ACS journals come from a program that has expanded from 19 journals in 1988 to 33 in 2005 and so have a substantially higher growth rate than for chemistry itself.
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